Desertification and Its Prevention Along the Route of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Pengfei Li; Yuzhe Zang; Faith Ka Shun Chan; Juanle Wang

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-3133-0_12

Desertification and Its Prevention Along the Route of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Pengfei Li
, Yuzhe Zang
, Faith Ka Shun Chan^*
, Juanle Wang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A large proportion of the ‘Belt’ regions in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), such as North-western China, Western Asia, are considered drylands and are subject to different levels of desertification. The BRI has improved the international cooperation and economic development within these regions. However, there is a risk that desertification will increase in the same areas if the BRI solely focuses on rapid economic development. This chapter provides a systematic review of the desertification status and conservation measures in the BRI countries that are important for developing a spatially targeted and sustainable land management strategy under the BRI across these regions. Solutions are proposed to address and mitigate desertification processes based on an analysis of the desertification issues and existing solutions of the BRI countries.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies
Publisher	Springer
Pages	271-294
Number of pages	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3133-0_12
Publication status	Published - 2020

Publication series

Name	Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies
ISSN (Print)	2662-7922
ISSN (Electronic)	2662-7930

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 15 Life on Land
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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BRI
Conservation measures
Desertification
Desertification assessment
Drylands
Economic development

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Development
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations

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